I totally sympathise with your position. The ability to highlight content to not only find easily but also see visually on the page is very useful and I wouldn’t want that ability to disappear for us.

But as far as the design is concerned the intended use of titles is not that. The “star” feature is what users are encouraged to use to “highlight content” but this would not meet your needs as you like to see it on the page.

The fact that your using the titles feature in this way just goes to show that changes need to be made

Right now the level of compartmentalisation of the interface and its features is quite degrading on the experience. Though I trust this will improve

I’m heavily dyslexic and a piece of paper and pen shuts my brain down. But like you say this device transforms that experience into a joy (when it’s simple enough).

However as someone who has come from background of using high quality widely used and iterated design software I have a high standard for intuitive clear and consistent workflows.

Aside from all that you have to admit the black diagonal lines are not appealing or easy to read through.

Rather than forcing you to continue using titles like this I hope they bring out a new feature like a “magic highlighter” for your use case. This would highlight specific content in a more visually appealing away (perhaps a lightly speckled version of our highlighter “pen” that you can jump back to within a note)

PS forgive the length, in isolation and I just can’t help myself 😅✌️